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People Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the…
- We see many persons talking the most wonderfully fine things about charity and about equality and the rights of other people and all that, but…
- The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It is through the…
- If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control, to attain to…
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is…
- I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in…
- If you are a strong man, very good! But do not curse others who are not strong enough for you. ...Everyone says, "Woe unto you…
- Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that's all. I see it clear as…
- Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They say, "Have faith…
- Why is it that we three hundred and thirty millions of people have been ruled for the last one thousand years by any and every…
- Be not afraid , for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their ranks have come…
- The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to…
- Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.
- Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not…
- Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away,…
- The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences…
- If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the harmony of all…
- Love makes no distinction between man and man, between an Aryan and a Mlechchha, between a Brâhmana and a Pariah, nor even between a man…
- Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this is a reaction…
- Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find…
- In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The Tibetans have not…
- The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as a bond thrown…
- Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.
- I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and…
- It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
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